The Rhetorical Implications of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

von Emmanuel Edame Egar

96 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe articulates and dramatizes a unique and peculiar kind of rhetoric- a rhetoric that emphasizes that man, and not language, is the site for social interaction. The oracle and the bull are synthesized, metamorphosed, laced, and condensed to form an alchemy which produces a cohesive communal community as the end result. This African rhetoric displays a language that is innocent, unlike the Western European rhetoric where language dramatizes multiple voices. This critical text focuses on Achebe's rhetoric from the Aristotelian style.

• Reihe: University Press of America
• ISBN: 9780761817215
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.07.2000
• Größe: 237 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc